external pressure; foreign threat
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
forgetting; lapse of memory
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
firstborn; first child; eldest child
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
polite; respectful; reverent
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
whipping; beating with a whip; whiplash
sanity; consciousness; soberness
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
such; like that; in that way
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
maintenance of public order; maintaining security
going around; patrol; round; tour
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
to keep a record; to keep a tally
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
for use by children; for children
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words